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today in afghanistan, the mayor of kandahar was killed in a suicide bomb attack. the bomber hid the bomb inside his turban, then set it off inside city aols hall where the mayor was at a meeting. this comes just days after president hamid karzai's half brother was killed, also in kandahar. the taliban said they committed both of those attacks. >>> the state department issues a tral warning for americans -- travel warning for americans saying al qaeda is planning attacks against u.s. interests all over the world. the u.s. says the death of osama bin laden has raised the risk for anti-violence all over the world. they say the attacks could be in the forms, suicide bombs, kidnappings, and hijackings. >>> alison burns is live in our washington, d.c. bureau with why they are delaying a vote planned for today. >> reporter: claudine, that's right. house republican leaders just wrapped up a closed-door meeting at the capitol that was reportedly very tense. they were dealing with a setback with just six days to go before the u.s. reaches its debt ceiling and faces default
today in afghanistan, the mayor of kandahar was killed in a suicide bomb attack. the bomber hid the bomb inside his turban, then set it off inside city aols hall where the mayor was at a meeting. this comes just days after president hamid karzai's half brother was killed, also in kandahar. the taliban said they committed both of those attacks. >>> the state department issues a tral warning for americans -- travel warning for americans saying al qaeda is planning attacks against u.s....
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soon begin measuring the severity of injuries to soldiers when an explosion goes off f soldiers in afghanistan will be outfitted with sensors that can allow medics to a possible brain injury. they will wear three sensors. after an explosion goes off near a soldier? a medic will insert a device into the hole of the devices. a light will flash a color to warrant if it's strong enough. >>> martial arts exercise has been banned from a south korean skyscrapers because it shakes the whole building. experts say they re-created a phenomenon that sent people running and the people in the gym on the 12th floor were practicing tae bo. >>> a south carolina couple says something divine occurred after a trip to wall p mart. the couple of says they are religious people and when any returned from walmart the other day something strange happened to the receipt. they say the more they looked at -- they looked at the receipt, the more it look thed like the face of gee just -- the more it looked like the face of jesus. >> if it was on the floor and he got it, how could it be a face? >> the couple saw it on the wa
soon begin measuring the severity of injuries to soldiers when an explosion goes off f soldiers in afghanistan will be outfitted with sensors that can allow medics to a possible brain injury. they will wear three sensors. after an explosion goes off near a soldier? a medic will insert a device into the hole of the devices. a light will flash a color to warrant if it's strong enough. >>> martial arts exercise has been banned from a south korean skyscrapers because it shakes the whole...
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he ruled most of afghanistan as leader of its taliban government before the u.s. invasion in october of 2001. >>> it was an unusual wedding day for one bride who spent her big day in jail. this is 53-year-old tammy lee hinkton. michigan police say she was arrested during her wedding ceremony. she's wanted on a three-year old warrant for felony identity theft. police say she declined to change out of her wedding dress for this mugshot. she was released on bond after her arrest and police say she went to her own reception. >> wow. all right. >>> a grisly discovery in a movie van. >>> a car crash into a fire hydrant causes demands. [ man ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ man ] points i could use for just about anything. ♪ ♪ there it is. [ man ] so i used mine to get a whole new perspective. ♪ [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >>> the involuntary manslaughter trial of mic
he ruled most of afghanistan as leader of its taliban government before the u.s. invasion in october of 2001. >>> it was an unusual wedding day for one bride who spent her big day in jail. this is 53-year-old tammy lee hinkton. michigan police say she was arrested during her wedding ceremony. she's wanted on a three-year old warrant for felony identity theft. police say she declined to change out of her wedding dress for this mugshot. she was released on bond after her arrest and...
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have sleeved the award for actions in -- recipients have received the award for actions in iraq and afghanistan. >>> a human rights group is reporting indense gunfire in syria. the unrest comes after a -- intense gunfire in syria. the unrest comes after this shooting was caught on a cell phone camera. syrian forces are conducting raids and arresting anti- government demonstrators right now. the protesters want the president there to step down. >>> bill gates is hoping to revolutionize the third world and prepare vent disease by reinventing the toilet. the bill and linda gates foundation is distributing more than $40 million in grants to universities to help engineer a more efficient toilet. that could help 40% of the world's population who don't have flush toilets. that means deadly diseases can easily spread. some ideas include solar power, ones that convert waste into electricity and those that sanitize human waste. >>> some doctors say s.i.d.s. may no longer be vell vent. numbers show 2,000 babies die every year. but some experts say they may be -- they may have been suffocateed. a campaign
have sleeved the award for actions in -- recipients have received the award for actions in iraq and afghanistan. >>> a human rights group is reporting indense gunfire in syria. the unrest comes after a -- intense gunfire in syria. the unrest comes after this shooting was caught on a cell phone camera. syrian forces are conducting raids and arresting anti- government demonstrators right now. the protesters want the president there to step down. >>> bill gates is hoping to...
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. >>> leon panetta is spending the weekend in afghanistan. despite this morning's violence, he remains optimistic the u.s. will defeat al-qaeda. he met karzai and david petraeus. >> the key is that having gotten bin laden, we've now identified some of the key leadership within al-qaeda, both in pakistan as well as in yemen. >> panetta is also meeting with american troops. president obama wants to bring about 10,000 service members back home this year, and 20,000 next year. >>> a strong earthquake in japan prompted a brief tsunami warning today. a magnitude 7.3 quake shook the northeast coast, the same area devastated by the march earthquake and tsunami. residents received orders to evacuate this morning, but the tsunami order was lifted after several hours. >>> house speaker john boehner is abandoning plans to pursue a massive $4 trillion deficit reduction package. speaker boehner says a smaller agreement is more realistic. >> both men agree, it's going to hurt. but where to find that money? that's where the two camps divide. republicans don'
. >>> leon panetta is spending the weekend in afghanistan. despite this morning's violence, he remains optimistic the u.s. will defeat al-qaeda. he met karzai and david petraeus. >> the key is that having gotten bin laden, we've now identified some of the key leadership within al-qaeda, both in pakistan as well as in yemen. >> panetta is also meeting with american troops. president obama wants to bring about 10,000 service members back home this year, and 20,000 next year....